Chrysoritis pan subsp. henningi, (Bampton 1981)

Heath, Alan, 2023, Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) - Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision, Metamorphosis 34 (1), pp. 11-28 : 18

C. pan henningi (Bampton 1981) .

Poecilmitis henningi Bampton 1981: 189 .

Holotype: Ditsong NM. Type locality: “ Huis Riv. Pass , nr. Calitzdorp ” .

Occurring in arid areas within the Little Karoo, C. pan henningi closely resembles C. pan pan but in the former, the dorsal surface of forewing blue rarely covers the cell spot completely (whereas in C. pan pan the blue seldom reaches the cell spot); like C. pan pan , the hindwing verso is weakly marked or plain, but that of henningi is generally paler, possibly as a consequence of its arid environment; C. pan henningi host ant: Crem. liengmei (same as C. pan pan ). Our mtDNA dataset for specimens resembling C. pan henningi includes samples from Huisrivier Pass and Nieuwoudtville, indicating a geographically disjunct taxon separated by ~ 330 km between its two locations (see Fig. S1A for other recorded locations). The specimen from Nieuwoudtville appears intermediate in wing facies between C. pan henningi and C. pan atlantica but is much closer to C. pan henningi .

Figures

Figure 1 – C. oreas (Bushman’s Nek). 1st instar (top) and ~4th instar (bottom). Not to scale.